1971 Duke Blue Devils football team

1971 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1971 Duke Blue Devils football
1971 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1971 record	6–5 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mike McGee (1st season);
MVP	Ernie Jackson
Captain	Rich Searl, Lanny Murdock, Dennis Satyshur
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	vs. Florida*		Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	W 12–6	51,677
September 18	No. 19 South Carolina		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 28–12	35,113
September 25	at Virginia	No. 20	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 28–0	18,500
October 2	at No. 10 Stanford*	No. 19	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 9–3	61,000
October 9	vs. Clemson	No. 14	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	L 0–3	20,000
October 16	NC State		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 41–13	28,174
October 23	at Navy*	No. 10	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 14–15	24,844
October 30	at Georgia Tech*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–21	49,886
November 6	West Virginia*		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 31–15	30,150
November 13	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 7–23	32,000
November 20	North Carolina		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 0–38	51,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1971 Duke Blue Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`46`	Steve Jones	Jr
T	`64`	Ed Newman	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`13`	Ernie Jackson	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "1971 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
^ "1971 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.

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v t Duke Blue Devils football
Venues	Hanes Field (c. 1913–1928) Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games North Carolina: (Victory Bell)
Culture & lore	History "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Blue and White (Duke fight song) Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1971 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
North Carolina $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Virginia	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
NC State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Maryland	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]